2026 OHSAA Boys State Championships

Congratulations to all the Central Ohio boys who qualified for the State Tournament this Thursday and Friday at The Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, including the RCC players listed below:

Division 1 Singles
Aarush Andey (Olentangy)

Division I Doubles

Shailen Patel / Devan Patel (Olentangy Orange)

Sid Sharma / Nikhil Bhimireddy (Olentangy Orange)

Division II Singles

Harrison Lessard (Bexley)

Division II Doubles 

Henry Lessard / Adrian Schiff (Bexley)

Sujay Billakanty / Arjun Satyapriya (Columbus Academy)

Draws

Division I Singles
Division I Doubles

Division II Singles

Division II Doubles

Congratulaitons to all Central Ohio District Qualifiers including Austin Bruey (Pickerington Central), Pete Bendo (Dublin Jerome), Gabe Eskander (Pickerington North), Roshan Ayanampudi (Hilliard Darby), Amish Pairu (Dublin Jerome), Noah Flores (Chillicothe), Keshav Goyay / Luca Mlicki (Upper Arlington), Eli Englert / Ryan Hand (Olentangy Liberty), Aarush Gupta / Austin Xiao (Dublin Jerome), Shreyas Dave / Jason Tong (Olentangy), Shivam Vora / Varun Nandakumar (Olentangy Liberty), Eric Loustanau / Colin Hart (Dublin Coffman), Ian Chang / Jayden Tsao (Columbus Academy).

Central Ohio's top OHSAA tennis players head to state championships

2025 OHSAA Girls State Tournament

Congratulations to all the Central Ohio girls who qualified for the State Tournament this Thursday and Friday at The Lindner Tennis Center in Mason, OH.  

Division I Doubles

Dani Ball / Sylvie Lederer (Upper Arlington)

Emily Lin / Nancy Li (Upper Arlington)

Eknoor Kaur / Rachanna Senthil (Dublin Coffman)

Aaria Gala / Zoe Haar (Olentangy Orange)

Division I Singles

Addi Bennington (Worthington Kilbourne)

Alexa Roth (Upper Arlington)

Division I Singles

Division II Singles

Division I Doubles

Division II Doubles

Congratulations to Upper Arlington and Columbus Academy for qualifying for the OTCA Team Tournament Final 4.

2025 OHSAA Boys State Tournament

Congratulations to all the Central Ohio boys who qualified for the State Tournament this Thursday and Friday at The College of Wooster, including the RCC players listed below:

Division 1 Singles
Nik Shough (Dublin Coffman)

Division I Doubles

Keshav Goyal / Jackson Lloyd (Upper Arlington)

Shailen Patel / Luke Rutherford (Olentangy Orange)

Division II Doubles 

Sam Lessard / Henry Lessard (Bexley)

Draws

Division I Singles

Division I Doubles

Division II Singles

Divison II Doubles

Congratulations to all the District Qualifiers including Noah Flores (Chillicothe), Austin Bruey (Pickerington Central), Amish Pairu (Dublin Jerome), Sujay Billakanty (Columbus Academy), Austin Xiao / Aarush Gupta (Dublin Jerome), Sheryl Gerald / Shreyas Dave (Olentangy), Luka Young / Aiden Palcheck (Worthington Kilbourne), Ethan Blakenmeyer / Jason Tong (Olentangy), Dhruv Kapadia / Devan Patel (Olentangy Orange), Akash Ravipati / Geeth Donepudi (Dublin Jerome), Ian Chang / Jayden Tsao (Columbus Academy), Shivum Kalyanam / Arthur Abbott (Wellington). 

New Albany and Columbus Academy qualified for the Final 4 of the OTCA Team State Tournament, which will take place on Saturday.

2024 OHSAA Girls State Tournament

Congratulations to all the Central Ohio girls who qualified for the State Tournament this Thursday and Friday at The College of Wooster.  

Division I Singles

Bella Flores (Chillicothe)

Division I Doubles

Alexa Roth / Alice Hawley (Upper Arlington)

Dani Ball / Ava Kramer (Upper Arlington)

Reava Desai / Sophia Bojko (New Albany)

Madison Kline / Mackenzie Kline (Hilliard Davidson)

Division II Doubles

Sophie Wu / Tamanna Arya (Columbus Academy)

Priya Mehta / Victoria Dizon (CSG)

Division I Singles
Division II Singles
Division I Doubles
Division II Doubles

Congratulations to Upper Arlington and Columbus Academy for qualifying for the OTCA Team Tournament Final 4.

2024 OHSAA Boys State Tournament

Congratulations to all the Central Ohio boys who qualified for the State Tournament this Thursday and Friday at The College of Wooster, including the RCC players listed below:

Division 1 Singles
Nik Shough (Dublin Coffman)

Division I Doubles

Keshav Goyal / Jackson Lloyd (Upper Arlington)

Krish Badri / Arya Badri (Olentangy Liberty)

Sujan Sriram / Gavin Cheung (Olentangy)

Division II Singles

Henry Lessard (Bexley)

Division II Doubles 

Sam Lessard / Oscar Ramsden 

Draws

Division I Singles

Division I Doubles

Division II Singles

Division II Doubles

Congratulations to Central Ohio Division II District Singles Champion freshman Henry Lessard.  Sam Lessard, a junior, is a 3 time State Qualifier.  Sujan was a State Qualifier in Doubles last year.  

Congratulations to all the District Qualifiers including Zack Haar (Olentangy Orange), Noah Flores (Chillicothe), Shailen Patel (Olentangy Orange), Nikhil Bhimireddy (Olentangy Orange), Jeevan Konduru (Big Walnut), Rudy Anumula (Dublin Jerome), Sujay Billakanty (Columbus Academy), Sanjan Shanker (Wellington), Devan Patel / Luke Rutherford (Olentangy Orange), Craig Dixon / Adarsh Chitti (Hilliard Bradley), Akash Ravipati / Geeth Donepudi (Dublin Jerome), Eric Tang / Dhruv Kapadia (Olentangy Orange), Luka Young / Aiden Palcheck (Worthington Kilbourne), Abbott Arthur / Shivum Kalyanam (Wellington), Ian Chang / Jacob Khvalsky (Columbus Academy).

Olentangy Orange and Columbus Academy qualified for the Final 4 of the OTCA Team State Tournament. 

2023 OHSAA Girls State Tournament

Congratulations to all the Central Ohio girls who qualified for the State Tournament this Thursday and Friday at The College of Wooster.  

Division I Doubles

Isabella Roth / Alexa Roth (Upper Arlington)

Lydia Foster / Adayla Foster (Dublin Jerome)

Libby Alderman / Tyra Butler (Worthington Kilbourne)

Division II Singles

Tamanna Arya (Columbus Academy)

Division II Doubles

Arya Chabria / Yasemin Bilgin (Columbus Academy)

Sophie Wu / Grace Philip (Columbus Academy)

Draws

Division I Singles

Division I Doubles

Division II Singles

Division II Doubles

Congratulations to Central District Champions in D2 Doubles from Columbus Academy Arya Chabria and Yasemin Bilgin.  They were State Qualifiers last year as well, and Arya is making her 3rd trip to States.  Isabella Roth and Alexa Roth were D1 District Doubles Finalists.  Isabella was a state qualifier last year.  Lydia Foster, a State qualifier in Singles last year, is making her 3rd trip to States.  Libby Alderman is a previous State Singles qualifier, and her partner Tyra is making her 1st trip to States.

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2023 OHSAA Boys State Tournament

Congratulations to the Central Ohio Boys who qualified for the State Tournament this Thursday and Friday at Ohio State.

Division I Doubles  

Jay Ramakkagari / Hummza Ali (Olentangy Liberty)  

Kallan Arledge / Nikil Bhimireddy (Olentangy Orange)

Sujam Sriram / Mitchell MacDowell (Olentangy)

Division II Singles 

Sanjan Shanker (Wellington)

Division II Doubles 

Sam Lessard / Stefan Schiff (Bexley)

Draws

Division I Singles

Division I Doubles

Division II Singles

Division II Doubles

Congratulations to Central District Champions Sanjan Shanker, Jay Ramakkagari and Hummza Ali,  and Sam Lessard and Stefan Schiff.  Sanjan is a previous State Qualifier in 2021.  Jay and Hummza are making their 2nd straight trip to States.  Sam was also a qualifier in Singles in 2022.  

Congratulations to all the District Qualifiers including Zach Haar (Olentangy Orange), Josh McKnight (Olentangy Berlin), Nik Shough (Dublin Coffman), Eric Tang (Olentangy Orange), Neil Reddy (Hilliard Bradley), Krish Badri (Olentangy Liberty), Ian Chang (Columbus Academy), Jackson Lloyd / William Rigney-Carroll (Upper Arlington), Keshav Sriram / Arjun Esakkirajmohan (Olentangy), Shayan Manoharan / Adarsh Chitti (Hilliard Bradley), and Austin Jackson / Shailen Patel (Olentangy Orange)

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2022 OHSAA Girls State Tournament

 Congratulations to all the Central Ohio girls who qualified for the State Tournament this weekend in Mason at the Lindner Family Tennis Center.  The tournament is on Friday and Saturday.  

Division I Singles
Sheryl Gerald (Olentangy)

Lydia Foster (Dublin Jerome)

Division I Doubles 
Isabella Roth / Ava Richard (Upper Arlington)

Emily Yoshino / Lauren Burkett (Dublin Coffman)

Ellis Mizer / Alice Hawley (Upper Arlington)

Division II Doubles 

Arya Chabria / Yasemin Bilgin (Columbus Academy)

Katie Zerbie / Kate Thompson (Wellington)

Draws:

Division I Singles

Division II Singles

Division I Doubles
Division II Doubles

Congratulations to Central District Champions in doubles Isabella Roth / Ava Richard from Upper Arlington and Arya Chabria / Yasemin Bilgin from Columbus Academy.  Arya was district champion in Singles last year.  Isabella is a junior making her 1st trip to states.  Ava is a senior making her 3rd trip to states in doubles.  Lydia is making her 2nd trip to states, as she made it last year in doubles.  Katie is returning to states for the 4th time, making the final 4 every year.   

Congratulations to the district qualifiers Anh Thi Thai (Hilliard Bradley), Tamana Arya (Columbus Academy),  Bella Flores (Chillicothe), Arefa Kapasi (Olentangy Orange), Dani Ball (Upper Arlington), Pranjal Agochiya / Prisha Kotwani (Olentangy), Libby Alderman / Tyra Butler (Worthington Kilbourne), Anna Chang / Grace Philip (Columbus Academy), Caliope Mlicki / Emma Cooke (Wellington).  

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Ohio Valley District Tournament / Midwest Closed

 

The Ohio Valley District Championships are coming up June 11th - 13th (10 and under June 18th-19th). This used to be the Qualifier for the Midwest Closed, which starts June 25th.  Now, players get into the closed based on ranking and UTR (70 players selected from the most recent National Standings list, 32 players selected from UTR).  There are 26 District Quota players, meaning that there are 2 wild cards that will be awarded to players who compete int the District Tournament.  The draw sizes are 32.  The deadline to sign up is Sunday June 5th. 

BG 10s Columbus

G12s-14s Dayton

G 16s-18s Centerville 

B 12s-18s Cincinnati

Last years participants from RCC included:

Boys 10s Doubles Champions and Finalists

Boys 10s Champion 1st - 4th Place

Boys 10s Singles Champion, Finalist, 

Boys 12s Champion and Consolation Finalist

Boys 14s Champion and Consolation Finalist

Boys 16s 4th Place and Consolation Finalist

Boys 18s 3rd and 4th Place

Girls 10s Doubles Champions and Finalist

Girls 10s Singles 1st - 4th Place

Girls 12s Consolation Finalist

Girls 14s 4th Place

Girls 18s Finalist and Consolation Finalist

The Midwest Closed will be June 25 - June 30.  The deadline to sign up is June 15.  The 16s and 18s has moved to Michigan this year.

BG 12-14s

B 16s-18s

G 16s-18s

2022 OHSAA Boys State Tournament

Congratulations to the Central Ohio Boys who qualified for the State Tournament this Friday and Saturday in Cincinnati.  

Division I Doubles  

Parth Patel / Kallan Arledge (Olentangy Orange)

Tanish Pairu / Max Fickas (Dublin Jerome)

Jay Ramakkagari / Hummza Ali (Olentangy Liberty)

Division I Singles 

Ethan Samora (Upper Arlington)

Owen Alderman (Worthington Kilbourne)

Division II Singles

Sam Lessard (Bexley)

Draws

Division I Singles

Division I Doubles

Division II Singles

Division II Doubles

News Articles

Reddy rises to occasion for Hilliard Bradley Jaguars boys tennis team

Boys Tennis: Olentangy Berlin Bears fall just short of state tournament

OHSAA boys tennis: Defending state champion Brandon Carpico of Gahanna wins district title

OHSAA boys tennis: Pickerington North's Alcala overcomes injury to earn state berth

2021 OHSAA Girls State Tournament

Congratulations to all the Central Ohio girls who qualified for the State Tournament this weekend in Mason at the Lindner Family Tennis Center.  The tournament is on Friday and Saturday.

Division I Singles
Ella Franz (Olentangy Berlin) 

Division II Singles
Arya Chabria (Columbus Academy)

Division I Doubles 
Lydia Foster / Adayla Coakley (Dublin Jerome)

Ava Richard / Anna Leach (Upper Arlington)

Division II Doubles 

Katie Zerbie / Alexa Burkhalter (Wellington)

Draws:

Division I Singles

Division II Singles

Division I Doubles
Division II Doubles

Congratulations to Central District Champions in Singles Ella Franz and Arya Chabria, and in doubles Katie Zerbi.  Ella is returning to states where she was All State last year.  Congrats to Coach Ken Berlin, and Lydia Foster making her 1st trip to states.  Katie is returning to states where she was in the finals last year and the Final 4 the year before.   

Congratulations to Central District Finalists Anna Chang (Columbus Academy) in Singles and Yasemin Bilgin (Columbus Academy) in doubles.  Congratulations to the district qualifiers Emily Yoshino (Dublin Coffman), Tamana Arya (Columbus Academy), Anh Thi Thai (Hilliard Bradley), Sheryl Gerald (Olentangy), Pranjal Agochiya (Olentangy), Libby Alderman / Lily Hershey (Worthington Kilbourne), Claire Emanuel (Olentangy Berlin), and Isabella Roth / Ellis Mizer (Upper Arlington).  

Congratulations to the Central Ohio Teams to qualify for the OTCA Final 4 - Columbus Academy and Upper Arlington.  They will play on Sunday.  

OHSAA Boys State Tournament

Congratulations to the Central Ohio Boys who qualified for the State Tournament this weekend in Cincinnati.  

Division I Doubles  

Tanish Pairu / Max Fickas (Dublin Jerome)

Division II Singles

Sanjan Shanker (Wellington)

Griffin Biernat (Wellington)

Division II Doubles

Brayden Chawla / Evan Manley (Wellington)

Draws

Division I Singles

Division I Doubles

Division II Singles

Division II Doubles

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OHSAA Girls State Tournament

Congratulations to all the Central Ohio girls who qualified for the State Tournament this weekend in Mason at the Lindner Family Tennis Center.  The tournament is on Friday and Saturday.

Division 1 Singles:

Ella Franz (Olentangy Berlin)

Libby Alderman (Worthington Kilbourne)

Division I Doubles:

Ava Richard / Noah Mizer (Upper Arlington)

Ella Hazelbaker / Megan Basil (Upper Arlington)

Division II Doubles:

Katie Zerbi / Alexis Burkhalter (Wellington)

Draws:

Division I Singles

Division I Doubles

Division II Singles

Division II Doubles

Ella Franz won the Central Ohio district tournament, and became the 1st girl from her school to ever qualify for states.  Libby, a freshman, fought back from down a set and 5-2 to qualify, saving match points.  Katie and Alexis are returning to states, where they finished 4th last year.

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ITA Scholar Athletes

Congratulations to the ITA Scholar Athletes from RCC excelling on and off the court.

Paige Kompa - Paige played number 1 at University of Dayton as a freshman including a win over University of Cincinnati.
Men's and Women's Players Named ITA Scholar-Athletes

Alex Cash - Alex helped lead her team to a top 25 National ranking, and finished the sophomore season ranked in the top 20 Nationally in Doubles with Hannah Ciancola.
Women's Tennis Honored with 9 Scholar Athletes

Jack Dabek - Jack is a rising junior and also was a 2019 National ITA Scholar Athlete.  He won the Patriot League Doubles Team of the year also, finishing 2019 with a 28-8 doubles record, and 13-2 at 1st Doubles.  He helped Navy make the NCAA Tournament.
Navy Men's Tennis Players, Team Earn ITA Accolade

Robert Cash - Robert won the Midwest ITA Fall Doubles, and was a finalist at the ITA National Fall Championships.  He was an All-American, and finished the season ranked number 3 in the country in doubles, spending part of the season ranked number 1.
Buckeyes Named an ITA All Academic Team

Midwest Open Deadline

The Midwest Open this year will take place on August 1st - 2nd. This is a Midwest Level 2 event, and also has doubles. The deadline to sign up is today, July 23rd.

Boys 12s - Cincinnati, OH

Boys 14s - Elm Grove, WI

Boys 16s - Indianapolis, IN

Boys 18s - Chicago, IL

Girls 12s - Elkhorn, WI

Girls 14s - Toledo, OH

Girls 16s - Indianapolis, IN

Girls 18s - Cincinnati, OH

Ken Berlin - Midwest High School Coach of the Year

Congratulations to Coach Ken Berlin for winning the USPTA Midwest High School Coach of the Year Award.  Dublin Jerome had both doubles teams in the OHSAA State finals, including the champions from RCC Arya Dudipala and Lalasa Nagireddy.

Congratulations USPTA Midwest Division awards recipients! pic.twitter.com/xFOwYDvfgm

— USPTA Midwest Div. (@MW_USPTA) July 3, 2020

RCC Reopening May 26th

Beginning Tuesday, May 26, the Racquet Club will be reopening.  Thank you for your support and understanding as we have all been dealing with the COVID-19 restrictions.  We are looking forward to seeing you all again, and to get everyone back on the tennis courts. 

We are committed to keeping everyone safe with constant and continuing disinfecting of contact points and surfaces, as well as ball baskets and hoppers.  We will practice and enforce responsible social distancing.  A barrier has been installed at the front desk to protect staff and customers.  Staff will be wearing facial coverings and will be regularly disinfecting around the club.  The club will be cleaned and disinfected nightly by a highly trained cleaning crew. 

The final 2 weeks of the Winter Session Junior Programs will resume May 26 thru June 6.  All classes will be held at the same time, with the exception of Saturday June 6th which is a makeup for Monday March 16th.  Space is limited, and students must confirm in advance that they are coming.  

A list of restrictions and protocols are listed on the website https://racquetclub1.com/

The Summer Junior Program will run June 8th through August 15th.  The information is posted on the website, along with online registration.

Freshman All American

Ohio State freshman Robert Cash was named an ITA All American in Doubles this week.  He along with Cannon Kingsley are 2 of only 4 Buckeyes to earn All-America honors in their 1st season.  He and John McNally won the ITA Midwest Regional Title in an exciting comeback and reached the finals of National ITA Fall Championships.  They were 22-5 on the season, and ranked number 1 for part of the season, never dropping below the ranking of #3.

Robert becomes the 2nd player from RCC to become an ITA Division I All American.  Fellow Buckeye Kevin Metka was named an All American in 2014 and 2015.  In 2014 he and doubles partner Peter Kobelt reached the NCAA Finals where they lost in the closest final in history.  Kevin's amazing career also included being an ITA Scholar Athlete and winning the Big 10 Medal of Honor.

OSU vs Texas

This Saturday at 12:00, OSU takes on number 1 ranked Texas at the Varsity Tennis Center.  This is a must watch early season matchup against last years NCAA champs the Longhorns.  Competing for OSU will be Robert Cash, who is ranked number 2 in the country in doubles with John McNally.  They played last year in Austin, where Texas won 4-1.  OSU is 287-1 at home since April 2003.
https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/showdown-with-no-1-texas-set-for-saturday/

JTT Nationals 14s Adv

The RCC 14s Adv Team will be in action later today at the Junior Team Tennis National Championships in San Antonio, Texas. 
They will play Northern Cal this evening, and are also in a flight with Texas and Northern sections. 
The team includes Ethan Samora, Brayden Chawla, Ava Richard, Katie Zerbi, Anh Thi Thai, Libby Alderman, and Sanjan Shanker.  They are coached by Mike Kathary.